STUNNING OVER LIFE-SIZE ROMAN MARBLE FOOT OF EMPEROR HADRIAN OR MARCUS AURELIUS Ca. AD 150 - 250. A marble left foot with five elongated toes, delineated toenails, and an upward-arching bridge. The foot is depicted wearing a caliga, the shoe of the legionaries, adorned with intricate decorative patterns characteristic of emperors. The laces at the top are surrounded by a motif of spirals or studs extending along the back of the foot. Stylised plant motifs adorn the sides, culminating at the heel with vertical acanthus leaves. The footwear is finished with a folded lion skin at ankle height. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 28.57.7. Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. American collection; Ex. Gordon Eberts, Toronto, Canada, before 1983. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece comes with a report from Prof. John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art, Archaeology, History, and Classics and USC Associates Endowed Professor in Art History, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.